Hitler lookalike arrested in Austria

The arrested man had been seen having his photograph taken outside the house in Braunau am Inn in which Hitler was born

A Hitler lookalike has been arrested in Austria on charges of glorifying the Nazi era, local officials say. 

The 25-year-old man reportedly calls himself Harald Hitler. The man, sporting a side parting and a trademark moustache, had been seen having his photograph taken outside the house in Braunau am Inn in which Adolf Hitler was born.

Adolf Hitler moved from Austria to Germany in 1913

The house in Braunau where Hitler was born in 1889

The lookalike had recently moved to the town on the German border, police spokesman David Furtner told the BBC. Mr Furtner said this was not a joke or a piece of performance art.

"The young man knows exactly what he is doing," the police spokesman said. He said the man had also been spotted in Vienna and Graz.

Pictures of the man were published by Austria's Heute.at news website on Monday. Glorifying the Nazi era is a crime in Austria.